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MOORE'S RURAL NEW- YORKER: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY NEWSPAPER 



OCT. 16. 



too ru confirmed by a more careful exsminati 

 of the different pens. The Urge C«*«<- fowlB 

 were not as largely represented s* osoal, yet there 

 were ao»e fine specimens, marked as Brahma*, 

 Gray Shanghai*, DowiipK Shanghai*, Ac When 

 we kept fowls pretty largely we thought there was 

 no prettier bird than the Domxidyu Shanghai,— 

 and think ao atilit If they are bred carefully, eo as 

 not to have too moot) leg and neck, and a fair show 

 of breaaL We counted nine cages of Black Spaa- 

 uh, fine birds, In excellent condition, of which 

 their owners may well be proud. That pretty, neat 

 fowl, the Bolton Grey, was Bhown by three exhibi- 

 tors In fine condition — clean aa if in their own 

 yards. There were some fine specimens of Black 

 Poland*. This variety seems to be coming into 

 faror again, now that the furor for the large breeds 

 has died away. They are fine layers, when well 

 taken care of. When confined, especially if the 

 boose Is not well ventilated and kept clean, they 

 become diseased. They are not first rate for the 

 table, and the color of the flesh Is an objection 

 with some. The little Bantams of ail colors were 

 well reprCBenled, and wc never eaw prettier St- 

 Mghts, which Is the favorite breed with fanciers. 

 Then there were Frizzled fowls, Wild Game, and 

 other sorts, more curious than useful, in great 



The show of Owe was very good. Theie were 

 aeveral cages of Bremen*, of immense Bize find 

 spotless whiteness. Alto, African, Poland, Ac, and 

 two cages of Wild Gear. There were also shown 

 several varieties of Ducks, and among them we 

 noticed very fine Aylesbury — a magnificent large 

 fowl— Muscovy, WhiU Top Knot, Rouen, and Black 

 Cayuga. 



The abow of Turkey* was not large bnt very good. 

 W. It. Hills, of Albany, exhibited some very fine, 

 and J. D. Ai.vord, of Syracuse, and 0. Howland, 

 of Annum, showed very fine Wild Turkeys. 



The flneatsbow of Fancy Pigeon* we have seen for 

 many years was made by D. S. Hbffron, of Utica. 

 We counted over a dozen varieties, and among 

 them aome of the fine scarce sorts, highly prized 

 by pigeon fanciers, Bucb as the Jacobin*, Tumblers 

 English Comers, Ruffs, Turbiu, Ao. Altogether 

 this was a very interesting show of poultry, and 

 no one could spend an hour in its examination 

 without pleasure and profit— at least we coold not. 



The Bhow of Dairy Products was very meagre. 

 We counted only eight or nine specimens" of butter, 

 some of which no doubt were very good, but as it 

 bad been left uncovered by the judges or exhibi- 

 tors, it had received a coating of dust which we 

 hardly dared penetrate. A few very fine cheese 

 were shown, and among the best where those of 0. 

 Eameb, of Rutland, Jeff. Co.; 0. HrLL, of Onondaga 

 Co.; E. Pitceer, of Martlnsburgh; D. CnoFCn.of 

 Bandy Creek, and P. Conniblk, of Cortland viilc 

 A very Hue lot of Pino Apple cheese was exhibted 

 by P. Pendleton, of Norwich. While we must 

 say that we never saw so small a show of Dairy 

 Products at a State Fair, this does not detract 

 from the merit of those who did exhibit, as we 

 have no doubt, from a slight examination, that the 

 quality of cheese Bhown was never exoelled, if 

 equaled, at any previous Fair. 



The exhibition of Grain and seed was very fair. 

 There was a moat magnificent display of Corn, ol 

 all kinds and colors. Barley was abundant and 

 good. Oats.ot all kinds, exceedingly fine. We did 

 hope, for the Bake of the horses, that many of the 

 farmers present would purchase their eeed oata 

 from aome of the fine specimens Bhown. There is 

 no use in raising oats like needles, when auoh good 

 plump seed can be obtained. We did not see any 

 extra samples of Wheat. Many good specimens of 

 liy,-, Fh - S, ■-,!, Mitt, Beans, Ac, were shown, but 

 we have not room for details. 



Among the Harrows, we observed sever*] on the 

 rotary principle — Including the Buckeye, from 

 Cleveland, (heretofore described by a*,) and that 

 of S. J. Orangb, of Hlinota. Brcxmi's Harrow 

 and Cultivator combined, from X. H-, attracted 

 attention. 



Drills, Seed-Sower?, Ac, were not Lomeroos, but 

 embraced some novelties and improvements — such 

 as Gaboon's Seed Bower, for both band and horse 

 power. SavaorB's Grain Drill and Broadcast 

 Sower combined, and also bis broadcast machine, 

 were prominent — as was a novelty called Stevens' 

 Seed Drill and Cultivator, combined. 



Of Corn Huskere, a comparatively new institu- 

 tion, about a dozen different kinds were exhibited 

 And operated, attracting great attention. Among 

 them were the Empire, Ohio, the Little Giant, Be- 

 dellV, Perkins'. Smith's, Gould's and others, the 

 names of which are not remembered. 



Of the various bay and straw cutters, com shel- 

 ters, feed mills, cheese presses', churns, bee-hivea, 

 and leaser machines, implements and tools— as 

 well as of patent Mice?, gattp, .\c., — we cannot at 

 present make even brief mention, but shall en- 

 deavor to notice many of them hereafter. 



In Mechanic's Hall there was a good display of 

 Stoves, Ac; also of Scales and other articles.— 

 The Doryee A Forsyth Manuf, Co. of this city, ex- 

 hibited Bome fine Scales; also bank and bouse 



ifea, Ac 



In the Domestic Hall there was a fair bat not 

 large display. The fancy work was superior, in 

 both quantity and quality, to the more useful and 

 practical articles of domestic manufacture. There 



ere some fine things, but the display embraced 



w novelties, and was altogether inferior to what 



e anticipated. 



A ball labeled "Home,'' contained a fine exhi- 

 bition of domestic and fancy articles, and speci- 

 mens of Fine Arts, Ac. Thia wag filled by the 

 ladies of Syracuse and vicinity, and waa very cred- 

 the crowd pre- 



Thcdisplay of Ag, Implements and Machinery was 

 nnuBually large and meritorious — one of the bear, 

 if not (/ifbeBt, over made in the State. We devoted 

 (several hours in examining and " noting " the 



thousand- and one articles in this department 



from the weighty Steam Engines, Reapers, Mow- 

 era, Horse-Powers, Threshers, Ac, down to tho 

 light and tiny Churns, Rakes. Forks, Ac, — but it 

 would require a full page of tho RtniAL to even 

 name and briefly describe what we consider wor- 

 thy of aotice. Hence, we can scajtely mention 

 the most prominent and noteworthy features of the 

 very interesting exhibition. 



Our flrBt view was of the Reapers and Mowers, 

 at the head of which stood the "Ketcitdu Fami- 

 ly," composed of three members — a combined 

 machine, and a double and single mower. This 

 machine, as improved for next year, looks aa tho' 

 the old pioneer woa bound to keep in the front 

 rank, if not a Uttlo ahead. Next in line, among 

 the reapers and combined machines, were Jack- 

 Bon's, Manny's, Kirby's Amer. Reaper, Seymour A 

 Morgan's N. Y. Reaper, Wheeler's, Hubbard's, 

 Parkhurst's, Allen's, Hnssey'a, Washington Co. 

 Wemplo'a, and Gale's— several of which comprise 

 new features and improvements which will in- 

 crease their value and reputation. The principal 

 Mowers shown (except by parties above named) 

 wero Bollock A Co. 'a, the Vermont, the New Eng- 

 land, the Bnckeye, Fisher's, tho Empire, and Hal- 

 lenbecVs. Shcrwoods Raker and Binder, which 

 can bo attached to any reaper, was exhibited in 

 operation and attracted much attention. 



There was a good exhibition of R. B. Horse 

 Powers, Threshers, Ac, in operation — including 

 those of Emery Bros, and Peask A Co., of Albany; 

 V> E^riscmocsB A Co.. of Schenectady; Badger A 

 Co., of Fly Creek, and Wmslbb A Co. Emery, of 

 Albany, Allen, of New York, and others, made 

 fine displays of varlooa implements. 



The show of Plows, Cultivators, Ac, was not very 

 large, but creditable. Among tho novelties, and 

 the beat thing 1 Q its i iDe> was Buvis's Reversible 

 «>St*l now, which will turn a farrow 

 either right or left, or both wbvb at once. wor- 

 sen s Patent Pi oir , ( « centl de8cribed ^ tt 

 Rural,) also attracted much notice. Saybe A 

 REM^-ero^r Utica, made a goo d display of Horse 

 Hoes, (Illustrated m a wooat n CH<L , steel Plows. 

 Cultivator*, and Combined Cultivators and Horse 

 Hoes, and other articles. 



Three Potato Diggers were shown — TUrdex- 

 bib's Improved, from Fnltonville; Littles from 

 Clyde, and Allsx'8, from New York. They were 

 novelties, and much observed by the cartons. The 

 first named had the most practical look. 



liable, bo far as we could 

 eluding a carefnl examination. 



Schoolry's Patent Preservatory, which has been 

 illustrated and described in the Rural, was exhib- 

 ited on the grounds — it being a distinct building, 

 containing fruits, fresh meats, Ac, in a good Btate 

 of preservation — by Mr. J. L. Albbrobr, of Buf- 

 falo, and of course received much attention.— 

 successful "institution." 



Wu 



cultural College. It occupied o 

 delivery, and was listened to by a large and atten- 

 tive audience, although the weather was quite in- 

 clement. The necessity of furnishing Farmers' 

 Sons the means of acquiring a good Agricultural 

 Education, waa the theme, and it was ably treated. 

 the Speech, 



those of the right size for brood— at least she would 

 be likely to be there ninety-nine times In a hundred, 

 j uat when you wanted to divide the hive—that iBher 

 place. The consequenoe would be, the half without 

 the old queen mutt fail for the want of one; or, if it 

 could provide a queen, the failure is next to cer- 

 tain, from the fact that such store combs would 

 contain so few cells of the right size for workers, 

 that more of the colony would die off daily than 

 conld possibly be matured in them. Bat if there 

 was no difficulty here, there Is one in wintering 

 the bees that wonld condemn it, especially in the 

 open air, and that is, (t is very liable to starve the 

 bees! It can be made plain, as follows: 



I aafd one apartment would usually be filled with 

 brood combs, this will be mostly ooenpied with 

 brood as long aa the yield of honey lasts. Of 

 course but little honey can be stored here, bnt the 

 other apartment, not nsed for breeding, may be 

 full throughout. The bees will take up their winter 

 quarters among the brood combs, where they can 

 pack themselves closelyin the empty cells just left 

 by the brood. Now, suppose the small quantity 

 of honey la this breeding apartment is exhausted 

 (which it will be, long before spring,) daring a 

 turn of severe cold weather, what can the bees do? 

 If one should leave the mass, and go among the 

 frosty combs In the other aparrment for a supply, 

 its fate would be as certain as starvation ' w >th- 

 out frequent intervals of warm weather to melt all 

 frost on the comber, and allow tho bees to go for a 

 supply of honey without freezing, they must starve, 

 So many things about this hive came up unex- 

 pectedly, making it an otter failure In practice, 

 that it taught this caution, viz:— Not to recommend 

 a thing, however plausible it might appear in 

 theory, until I had thoroughly tested its utility, 



MANURES: 



LKACHINQ U. DECOMPOSITION AMD EVAPORATION 



Messrs. Eds.— In looking over the Bubals sine 

 returning from the Far West, I find that W. H. H 

 of Wheatland, demurs to my assertion, that •• if i 

 ganlc manure can be prevented from going ap a 

 it decomposes, it may go down without any fear of 

 loss to the crop.'' I need not reply to that part of 

 his argument which goes to show that i 

 plowed In deeply does not decompose as ' 

 thoogh it was near the surface; but if my c 

 is incorrect, why Is it that sandy land, proper, when 

 top dressed with clay holds manure bo much longei 

 Again, what evidence have we that even potash, 

 and the other mineral elements of plants e< 

 reach below the roote,or beyond the reach of those 

 plant roots, some of which we know have descend- 

 ed Into a loose eoil more than twenty net; and tc 

 Bay that the organic food of plants, carbonic add 

 and ammonia, goes down, is abont as uuphilosopht 









s taken at the t 



BEES AND BEE-HIVES 



Nearly all writers on bees agree that when a 

 colony of bees is deprived of its queen, if the comb 

 mtains eggB or larvro, the bees repair the loss by 

 aring another. Thia principle led me into a 

 series of experiments, and the construction of a 

 peculiarly shaped hive, the result of which, to me 

 somewhat important, as it taught me a profit- 

 able lesson that may beneficial to many, as similar 

 Ives are yet recommended. I shall, therefore, be 

 little particular in my description of it. I con- 

 jived the idea that this remarkable instinct of the 

 je conld be turned to good account. I could see 

 3 reason why the principle would not revolution- 

 e the whole Bystem of bee-keeping. T constructed 

 hive in two parts, with bars as a division of the 

 combs, and resolved that whenever it was fuU if 

 my bees were not disposed to swarm, I would 

 divide the full hive, putting an empty half on each 

 full half; the part destitute of a queen would be 

 likely to posses.3 eggs, or larva?, and raiBe one, 

 and I should mako a sure thing of on addition to 

 stocks, whether I got swarms or not. The beeB 

 ntrodnced into Buch hive in 1S40, to teat by 

 actual experience what was so plausible in theory. 

 ) becoming fully satisfied of its utility, the 

 idea occurred to a Mr. Jones, and a patent was 

 o be obtained for such hive, in '42, probably 

 without waiting to test it. The idea seemed to take 

 finely, and a great many rights were sold in many 

 daces; but in a few years they were laid aside as 

 seless, like most others. Yet it was highly praised 

 n the start — it was said, one man haa gained 03 

 stockB from one in three years; this generally 

 Bileoced all doubts, and did the job. My own ex- 

 pectations were not realized, and the failure with 

 others was universal. 

 The principal difficulty with this bive seemed to 

 I here:— It must be constructed with a partition, 

 ■ division, to keep the combs in each apartment 

 separate, with frequent passages for the bees to 

 "rom one to tho other, bo that when the two 

 halves were separated no combs would be broken. 

 When bees are put into such hive, unless the Bwarm 

 iry large and honey abundant, one apartment is 

 likely to be filled to tho bottom, before a commence- 

 ment is made in the other. Perhaps no one, unless 

 well acquainted with the nature of the labors of 

 the bee, would suppose that would mako any differ- 

 ence, especially If the other half was filled after- 

 wards. The difference is this: The first combs built 

 by a swarm after being hived, are brood combe, 

 that is, cells in which worker brood may be reared, 

 and store combs are made afterwards, as needed! 

 One apartment is filled nearly, perhaps quite, with 

 brood combs, the other with store comba and 

 honey. Now, in the two kinds of cells that these 

 combs contain, there is a great difference. Those 

 for breeding, In which the workers are reared, 

 are the smallest size, and near half an inch deep! 

 while those for expressly storing, are large size, 

 and frequently two Inches deep or more — totally 

 unlit for breeding. A few that sometimes happen 

 to be the right size in diameter, may be cut off to 

 the proper length by the bees, when crowded 

 for room for brood. Consequently the Bide con- 

 taining store combs is but little nsed for breeding. 

 When suoh hive Is full of bees, and yon wish to 

 make another swarm, there are bnt few chances 

 for the one apartment to have any eggs or larva;, 

 from which to rear a queen. The old one will be 

 in the apartment containing the cells first made — 



CHOP PEOSPECTS IN THE WIST. 



Since I left Rochester, about two weeks ago, I 

 have endeavored to collect a few rough but rella- 

 ble notea on the Crops, Health, nod Prospects of 

 that goodly portion of onr Union known aa the 

 "West" My journey has been through Northern 

 Ohio, Indiana, Southern Michigan, and Northern 

 Illinois. In Northern Ohio and Indiana the corn 1* 

 very poor, owing, no doubt, to the cold weather 

 after planting time. Corn is alao light 

 In Southern Michigan, and in Northern mfnols, ex 

 cepting in a few counties lying along Rock River 

 and farther South. Wheat is qnite poor all along 

 theentire route I have traveled. Unharvested fields 

 are very common throughout the entire West, 

 while that portion harvested will not yield more 

 than from five to eight bushels per acre, and of an 

 inferior quality. I have heard it asserted by relia- 

 ble persons, that the wheat crop of Illinois will be 

 more than an average one, but from what I have 

 observed, I think that three fifths will be a large es- 

 timate. I have attended the County Fairsof Winne- 

 bago and Ogle counties, and tho specimens on 

 exhibition were inferior to what I have bsforeseen 

 exhibited. A drover who said he had been nearly 

 over the area of the State of Illinois, during or be- 

 fore harvesting, is of the opinii n that there have 

 been as many bushels of wheat grown in the State 

 this year aa in any for five years past, but 

 quality is very poor. Corn on the low, flat h 

 of Fox River is quite poor, but upon the high 

 prairies it is an averoge crop, and I think that ia 

 fair estimate. Take the whole State of Illinois, 

 think from what I can learn, that corn will not be 

 two-fifths crop. The best fields I have seen are m 

 eared as well as usual— more short and false ear 

 If the whole of Ohio end Indiana are as poorly c 

 for corn as the portion I have seen, I shall not gu 

 them as great a yield as I have Illinois. 



of buckwheat this year in the West, aj 



merons than I have ever seen before wei 



o. This waa no doubt sown on the ground 



planted first with corn and failed, either from bad 



or a wet, cold planting lime. 



have made many inquiries, and from what I 



learn, there are thousands of bushels of old 



grain, especially wheat, lying in the granarleB of 



e West 



Potatoes are light, as far as my observations 

 have extended, and have commenced to rot in 

 locations. Oata have proved almost a total 

 e throughout the whole Western country — 

 Fruit in some portions ha* done quite well, bnt 

 ;arce and inferior in size and flavor. 

 very good specimens exhibited by 

 Whitney, of Franklin Grove, Irfe Co., 111., at tho 

 le Co. Fair. At the Fairs I have attended, the 

 ducts of the soil have been quite poor, much 

 )rerthan at preceding exhibitions. The only ar- 

 ticles worthy of note were some very fine stalks of 

 sugar cane— a stalk of Dent corn, measuring some 

 high — one beet weighing abont 20 

 pounds — one squash weighing a little over a hun- 

 1 pounds— some fine California potatoes, toma- 

 ond onions — a coffee plant, laden with green 

 berries — a tamarind plant from the Island of Ja- 

 s, and qnite a good show of grapes. A speci- 

 of Sorghum sugar and Sorghum candy, very 

 were shown at Rockford. At the Ogle Co. 

 I saw a Mexican cucumber three feet eight 

 :b in length, — some fine sweet potatoes rais- 

 ear Mount Morris, and some good looking 



ientific men. after many experiments 

 in manuring, that the reason why nitrogenous 

 manure ia so mnch Booner exhausted on a Ioobo 

 sandy soil than on clay, is, that it decomposes and 

 sets quicker on the crops, and not became it either 

 leachei down or isloitin the atmosphere. But 

 proois are stubborn things, and It has been 

 proved, time and again, that guano, the most nitro- 

 genous of all concentrated fertilizers, when sown 

 broadcast on a moist eoil or immediately before a 

 warm rain, will have its nrea convert* d Into the 

 volatile carbonate of ammonia and lost in the air 

 in a very few hours, unless it la plowed or harrowed 

 in immediately. That it is a very economical use 

 of well rotted, not exhausted manure, to plow it 

 near the Bnrface ol the soil to be planted, there can 

 benodonbt; but that is no argument to prove that 

 coarse, uufermented manure plowed in deeply for 

 a corn crop, ia not to make the most of such ma- 

 nure for the benefit of the crop. If the Boil 



tin the hill t. 



start vegetation euriyia desirable; but to fill the 

 earsandripenu maximum crop, despite of a drouth, 

 the other process I have found to be Indispensable. 

 In the very dry summer of 1855, when the corn 

 leaves on every farm curled like a round rod. and 

 every corn crop suffered, I had a patoh ol co 

 thus treated, aa large and the ears as well filled 

 I had ever before grown. b. w. 



however, prevented j 



The N. Y. SrATB Fair, held at Syracuse was a 

 grand demonstration in most department,, 'J" ,* 

 report elsewhere. The weather 

 ted its proving a succew PeQQni 



"e'scorrT rfT' ** "^ «*" ^jSE. 

 are scorning the Syracuse people for sins oromli 



•1.1 .and comrniwion,- exorbitant charge, aod 



bl.edm, generally. We heard nothing of the 



kind while at the Fair, but did see and W enough 



to^onvinceusthatagreat many ordinarily good 



and honest people consider it no crime to shavo 



and cheat a Society. The Fair was generally wsH 



manned-Col. Johnson, the l.u.-', 



bemgaho.tlu him S elf. fl ud rtnderlng the duties 



° ™ c °mp*ratlvely easy and pleasant. 



the Grand Marshal, and bis aide, 



"ryeattsfactorrmjn! 



"yoftheFalr'fnour 



Msj. J? 



performed their duties i 



ner. We shall hove 



-The Michigan Stale Fair is said to hare been 

 quite successful. We hope to give some account 



Ol this and Mbfr Fairs |n pi 







Th.-,r 



the productions of the soil worthy of note 

 exhibited. A very good ahow of Pahliae, Verbe- 

 td honee plants were on the ground, and an 

 endless variety of quilts, fancy needlework, Ac, in 

 the Ladies' Department, and last, though not the 

 least, to a Westerner, comes fast horse?, which 



ally closes np the scene. D. B. Waite. 



Sobqhuu— The failure of Sorghum to ripen Its 

 ed in thfs region last year, was owing to the unu- 

 sually cold and very wet season. This failure of 

 seed prevented hundreds from making another 

 attempt to grow Sorghum. But I am informed by 

 Babbitt, of thia place, who exhibited syrup 

 from the cane at onr Coonty Fair last fall; that 

 he has grown another patch this year with com- 

 plete succeea— the stalks are no larger, but much 

 », and the seed were full of farina and ripe 

 ) 25th Sep'. We had no ripe seed last year, 

 although frost kept off until the 20th of Oct I 

 take it that Borghum, like Corn, requires hot, dry 

 eatherto ripen its seed; time alone, without heat 

 ill not do it; warm nights as well as hot days, are 

 indispensable.— S. W., Waterloo, i\. Y., 1858. 



BURYING POTATOES. 

 Eds. Robal:— I saw in a late No. of pour paper 

 n article on Burying Potatoes, in which the writer 

 scommends "digging a large hole in the ground 

 a as to put the potatoes below the surface." Nr, 

 thia may be a safe way, but it is a great deal 

 ore than most people like to enconntei 

 avoid it, and I think they can. I have 

 buried a great many potatoes and timer lost a . 

 •lien the work vas properly done, and I alwaya put 

 them above ground. Select a place where 



stand, — heavy soil is best, — and dig away 

 the top soil about six inches deep, in a circle about 

 six feet diameter, — or large enough to contain a 

 pile of not more than thirty-five bushels, — then 

 round them up as high and smooth as possible- to 

 a point on the top; put on a heavy coat of dry 

 straw five inches thick when well packed; then 

 cover them with bix or eight inches of earth; just 

 before it begins to be freezing weather, give them 

 a heavy cooting of good stable manure. Manure 

 from the horae stable is much the best, as its warm 

 nature will prevent all frost from entering the pota- 

 toes, though there may be but very little dirt put 

 on, but other barn-yard manure will answer when 

 this ib not at hand, provided it is in a condition to 

 pack firmly on the pile to keep the cold air from 

 circulating'throughit. yr. q, k . 



Pkodoct or a He m of Millet. — In the Ri-ra 



of the 11th ult, Is 

 millet seed obtained from on> 

 Geneva, N. Y., and, like moat 

 curious to know whether or n 

 coold be beat I selected i 

 thirteen im 



intof the number of 

 head, by a person of 

 people, I was a little 

 tthat "millet head" 

 ie which measured 

 shelled the eeed there- 

 from, and counted four thousand, and hod not 

 counted half. I then measured the seed already 

 coonted, and then those remaining, and found the 

 quantity uncounted to exceed those counted by 

 several hundred eeed — should say one thousand- 

 which would mako nine thousand seed from oj 

 head. This will undoubtedly sound rather lor- 

 but nevertheless I honestly think the seed wou 

 have counted as many, if not more than the number 

 estimated. I can find plenty of heads one 

 long, and some longer than that from which the 

 seed was counted. I think that with care, : 

 beads can be grown tkat will have ttoelte tho 

 plump seeds. With these lines I close my "millet 

 talk " for the present, hoping to hear from othei 

 alike curious to know how much can be raised 

 from a single germ.— H. Pbrcey, Newark, jY K 



Bemedy for Bone and Blood Spavin. 

 ticed in the Rdbal of the past week an inquiry 

 from P. H., for a cure for Blood Spavin. Here- 

 with I send yon a receipe for a blistering ointment 



rhicl 



J v,-i'.h f 



i both blood end 



bone spavins, and many other ills that hone flesh 

 o. I have found it a very valuable remed 

 ne that I would not be deprived of for a great 

 -it is perfectly safe,— does not prevent the 

 growth of hair, nor require that the animal should 

 under its application:— Pulverized canthari- 

 1 oz.; oil origanum 2 oz; Venice turpentine 

 :; oil sassafras 2 oz. Shake well and apply 

 freely npon the spavin. One or two applications 

 ause a sore, and it will be necessary to deslsi 

 until it heals, when the application must be renew* 

 id, and repeated until a cure is effected. The reme- 

 dy is perfectly safe, and will be effectual If perse- 

 vered in.— Henry Willaed, Cayuga, N. Y, 1869. 



iar Cane— Last year I commenced harvest- 

 ing my Sagar Cane by first cutting the caned and 

 then stripping the leaves by band, but I soon found 

 nore expeditions mode. I took a rod about G 

 7 feet loDg. and passing along by the side of a 

 w I would strike off the leaves each aide of the 



ue the leaves falling to the ground, then pass 



along the second time and cut the canee, and when 

 the canee are gathered the leaves can be taken np 

 with a rake.— A- W., Marcellus, N. V, 18S3. 



roWHSmr.-Tj, a late number of the 

 (Witt Blade, & "loung Farmer" gives an inter- 

 esting account of the Township of Washington 

 Lucas Co.. Ohio. Among other thing?, tigores are 

 furnished relative to the hay and potato crops, the 

 dairy, Ac. An aggregate uf 3,153 tons of bay are 

 proc-uoed from 2,163 acres. This, at 13 per ton, 

 amounts to $17,22-1 Deducting the expense of 

 making— say $2,60 p6 i- acre— and the farmers of 

 .own have a clear profit of $11,11! 60, which 

 paysthe Interest on $02 p Pr acre. The potato 

 crop is estimated at from 8,000 to In.OOO bushels 

 nnually— of corn rather more, and enough wheat 

 ir home consumption. Tho township contalnB 

 70 milch cow*, valued at $20 per head. It is est!- 

 mated that these 570 cows produco an average of 

 four quarts of milk through the entire year— say 

 """■-'00 quarts — which, at 3 cents per quart, yields 

 snug little sum of $lC,fi4i. In mowing end 

 other machines, Implements, Ac, the farmers are 

 fully up to time. To show that the people of the 

 township constitute ou intelligent, reading, model 

 community, the writer (after stating that the Bloat 

 has 61 subscriber?.) saye— "Of the Bubal New- 

 YORKKit, published at Rochester, N. }'., there are 

 one hundred and five copies takeD, and a general as- 

 sortment of Agricultural, II orti cultural, Political, 

 Rsligious and Literary Paperp, 

 mention. Altogether, there is nearly $1, 

 annually for newspapers and periodicals by this 

 one township and it ia eeldom that you find a farm- 

 ing community better supplied with standard 

 library books." A model " Rural- township. 



Toe P/uirib Farmer, which has for a year been 

 arraj iug different claaaes and Interests against each 

 other, end all of them against itself, and otherwise 

 penetrating terra Anna, hath ceased to revolve on 

 ita own axis — or, rather, the world has ceased to 

 revolve aronnd Chicago, and Chicago and the 

 North-west no longer revolveth on the axes of tho 

 Prairie Farmer, all. probably, in consequence of 

 the pranks of its great rival in vapory matter, 

 gaaeona brilliancy and talebearing — DonaiFs 

 Comet/ The laBt number of Ejiery'b Journal of 

 ■ comes to us with tho affix "andPrairU 



Farmer"— briefly announcing tho purchase of " the 

 entire Interest and good will" of the latter paper, 

 but distinctly adding that " the proposition to sell 

 came from the proprietors of the P. F., unsolicited 

 by us.'' This ia a very natural and not unlooked 

 for result, and the best for all interested. The com- 

 bined J. A F. will nodoubt prove worthy of cordial 

 support, aa it will Ignore in the future, as It has in 

 the past, all illegitimate discussion, warfare and 

 blackgaardism. This is evident from a very sig- 

 nificant Item in the first issue of the combined 

 paper, stating that ita columns " are open to legitl- 

 i talk on legitimate subjects" — which means, 

 lfer, that they are not open to such matters as 

 harped upon in the P. F. The fate of the P. 

 certainly a warning to all Its contemporaries 

 that "still live" to bewaro of the rock upon which 



split. Peace to its ashes, and success to the 

 Journal and Farmer! 



bnalb.— We are in receipt of the first 

 number of the Farmer, Miner and Mechanic, pub- 

 l-monthly, In folio form, at 8t LouIp, 

 Mo., by Toomas A ScnrjTz. It is devoted to Agri- 

 culture, Mining, Mechanic Arts, Literature and 

 Temperance. K. B. Thomas ia tho conducting 

 editor, Mr. F. R. Elliott taking charge of the 

 agricultural department The number before ob is 

 well filled, thongh we do not admire tho style and 

 form of the paper. 



The Oregon Farmer is the title of a neat 16 page 

 quarto monthly, hailing from Portland. It liada 

 good look and interesting, but having been ab- 

 stracted from the sanctum, we are unable to give 

 particulars aa to publisher, terms, Ac. 



Michigan State Ao. Society.— The annual elec- 

 tion of officers for the Michigan A g. Society, took 

 place at the close of the recent Fair, held at Detroit 

 Col. Charles Dickey, of Marshall, was chosen 

 President, Tho Presidents of the County Societies 

 in the State were made Vkt-Presidtntt, Executive 

 Committee— H. G. Slygb, Wayne; A. g. Berry, Len- 

 awee; James Bailey, Oakland ; H. E. Deganno, 

 Ionia; H. G. Wells, Kalamazoo; Archibald Jewell, 

 Cass; J. E. Kitton, St Clair; D. C. Henderson, 

 Allegan. 



The President announced that the receipts at 



this Fair had been $1,200, being $1,200 more than 

 last year. 



Good Salb of Sbobt horns.— Wo learn that Mr. 

 S. 1'. Chapman's Bale of Short-horns, on Tuesday 

 week, resulted much better that had been antici- 

 pated—the animals selling at a high average, com 

 pared with previous sales. We shall endeavor to 

 give the result in our next. "Puke of Oxford," 

 (reserved by Mr. C. at time of sale,) was awarded 

 the first prize In class of three year old balls at the 



tghtt Colts.— Mr. Binl BnADLEY,of Lyons, 

 N. Y, informs us that he has a span of matched 

 colfe, one year old last Jane, that weigh 1,850 fca, 

 Mr. B. says he would like to hear from any one 



■id beat them. 



